Third Album Events

1970 Oct 5 Led Zeppelin III is released
Led Zeppelin III is the third album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and was released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records. Composed large...
1971 Feb 19 Yes release The Yes Album
The Yes Album is the third album by British progressive rock band Yes. The first release to feature 23-year-old guitarist Steve Howe, the album was released on Atlantic Records in Februar...
1975 Sep 1 Rush release Caress of Steel
Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1975. The album shows more of Rush's adherence to the hard rock and progressive rock styles of the band's...
1975 Sep 17 Scorpions release In Trance
In Trance is the third studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1975, The album's music was the complete departure from the progressive Krautrock of the two prev...
1979 Dec 14 The Clash release London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States i...
1983 Bad Religion releases Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983. The album was a major change from their previous style, delving into progressive rock heavy in keyboar...
1983 Feb 28 U2 releases third studio album, "War"
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28). The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because o...
1985 Jun 18 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Dare to Be Stupid
Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1985. The album was one of many produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. The musical styles ...
1986 Mar 3 Metallica releases Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets is the third album by American heavy metal band Metallica. The album was released on March 3, 1986 through Elektra Records. Master of Puppets marks the last recording by...
1986 Nov Bad Brains release I Against I
I Against I is the third official full-length studio album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 as SST Records number 65. The highest selling album in the band's catalogue, I Against I is a cr...
1987 Apr 3 Voivod release Killing Technology
Killing Technology is the third album from Canadian Thrash metal/Progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to add the progressive sound in ...
1987 Oct Kreator release Terrible Certainty
Terrible Certainty is the third studio album by thrash metal band Kreator released in 1987 through Noise Records. It was released on cd, cassette, black vinyl, and as a limited edition re...
1988 Sep 8 Bad Religion releases Suffer
Suffer is the third album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on September 8, 1988. It was the first album that w...
1989 Aug 8 Testament Releases "Practice What You Preach"
Practice What You Preach is the third album by thrash metal band Testament, released in 1989. The album's lyrical themes are more about politics and society than the occult themes of the ...
1990 The Vandals release Fear of a Punk Planet
Fear of a Punk Planet is the third album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, originally released in 1990 by Triple X Records. It was their first album to include the li...
1991 Mar 26 NOFX release Ribbed
Ribbed is the third studio album by NOFX.
1994 Apr 8 The Offspring release Smash
Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring, released on April 8, 1994 through Epitaph Records. The album was the band's last collaboration with record produc...
1994 Jun 28 Down By Law releases Punkrockacademyfightsong
Punkrockacademyfightsong is the third full-length album by the punk rock band Down by Law. The album features a cover of The Proclaimers hit song I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).
1994 Nov 22 Pearl Jam releases Vitalogy on vinyl
Vitalogy is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994 through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring...
1994 Nov 30 Forbidden releases Distortion
Distortion is the third album from San Francisco, California thrash metal band, Forbidden. It comes five years after their second, Twisted into Form, was released. It expands on the in...
1994 Dec 6 Pearl Jam releases Vitalogy on CD and cassette
Vitalogy is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994 through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring...
1995 Jun 13 Pennywise releases About Time
About Time is the third studio album by Pennywise, released on June 13, 1995. Although the album was not a commercial success, it is widely considered to be one of Pennywise's best rel...
1995 Aug 22 ...And Out Come the Wolves is Released
…And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the American punk rock band Rancid, released in August 1995. Rancid's popularity and catchy songs made them the subject of a major label bidding...
1996 Mar 26 Stone Temple Pilots release Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is the third album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on March 26, 1996 on Atlantic Records. Tiny Music displays a drastic ...
1996 Jul 30 Sublime release Sublime
Sublime is the third and final album released by ska-punk band Sublime. Originally intended to be titled Killin' It, the band and record label agreed to substitute an eponymous title due ...
1997 Sep 23 The Bouncing Souls release their self-titled third album
The Bouncing Souls is the 3rd full-length album and first release on Epitaph Records for the New Jersey punk band, The Bouncing Souls. It contains such fan favorites as "Kate Is Great" an...
2001 Apr 24 Anti-Flag releases Underground Network
Underground Network is the name of Anti-Flag's third album, released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2001. Widely considered to be the band's breakthrough album, it helped make Anti-Flag become a ...
2001 May 15 Weezer release self-titled third album
Weezer, also known as "The Green Album" due to the lime-green cover, is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 15, 2001. Produced by Ric Ocasek, ...
2006 Sep 11 Mastodon releases Blood Mountain
Blood Mountain is the third full-length studio album by metal band Mastodon. The recording of the album finished in April, 2006 and it was released on September 11 in the UK and September...